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Through four games, Belgium have retained 57% of possession with a 65% field tilt – a possession metric weighing only final-third touches – but haven’t found a way to maximize that advantage.
While possession can be a noisy statistic, viewing it in stylistic terms can be informative. So far at this World Cup, Belgium have won the possession battle in all four of their games, with Senegal playing them closest in a 52-48 split. The United States have maintained a 58% share of the ball in their four games, neck-and-neck with Garcia’s Belgium. If Mauricio Pochettino’s side can keep the ball off Belgian feet more often than not, it could unsettle the Red Devils.
Continue reading...Outgoing PM will stress British commitment to defence spending at meeting in Ankara to counter Trump rebukes
Keir Starmer will seek to work with European allies to shore up support for Nato at its summit in Ankara on Tuesday amid concerns that Donald Trump could further destabilise the military alliance with threats over defence spending.
Downing Street said the prime minister and other international leaders would be focused on “building a stronger and more European Nato” as they attempt to address the US president’s concerns in the Turkish capital.
Continue reading...Nat Sciver-Brunt and Sophie Molineux led their teams expertly, and Australia v India at Lord’s felt like a final
It’s easy to understand why Beth Mooney was chosen as player of the tournament after her magnificent innings in the final. Also in the running must surely be Danni Wyatt-Hodge, whose hundred on the opening night at Edgbaston set the tone for a confident campaign by England (at least until they ran into the Australian juggernaut in the final).
Continue reading...It ended with a goal from a tall, slightly ungainly figure driving through the centre-forward position – but perhaps not the one that the narrative demanded. In stoppage time, Mikel Merino ran on to Ferran Torres’s through-ball and, with impressive calm after a scrappy game that had largely lacked it, rolled the winner past Diogo Costa. He celebrated, as he had after his winner against Germany at the Euros two years ago, with a run around the corner flag, echoing his father’s celebration after scoring for Osasuna in Stuttgart in 1991.
At the other end, an actual centre-forward slumped. For Cristiano Ronaldo, this was the end. As the final whistle blew, he stood staring bleakly into the middle distance, mortality having caught up with him at last. He is the only player ever to score in six different World Cups, but he will not score in another one. At 41, the tournament is finally all over for a player whose longevity has been a marvel.
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Anthropic quickly removed a tracker secretly monitoring Claude Code users in China after a security researcher exposed the hidden code and condemned the spyware-like tracking as a "serious breach of user trust." Last week, a web developer known as "Thereallo" was researching privacy issues in Claude Code and was shocked to find that the AI firm was using "prompt steganography" to hide code that tracks Chinese users "in plain sight." This code wasn't malicious, but it was sending information to Anthropic that most users wouldn't detect, relying on shorthand markers to quietly flag users' timezone, proxy, and potential connection to Chinese AI labs that Anthropic has accused of distillation attacks.
On X, Anthropic engineer Thariq Shihipar confirmed that the tracker was added to Claude Code as an "experiment" in March. According to Shihipar, the code "was meant to prevent account abuse from unauthorized resellers and protect against distillation." Regarding the former, The Washington Post found unauthorized retailers have sold access to free models for $1 a month, and pro subscriptions that can cost $100 monthly sell for "as little as $12." Supposedly, Anthropic has "actually been meaning to take this down for a while," Shihipar said of the hidden code, because engineers have "landed stronger mitigations since then."
Privacy advocates were not happy with the explanation, though, warning that the code is evidence that Anthropic is willing to cross lines to surveil users. That's perhaps especially surprising, considering that Anthropic riled the Trump administration by refusing to allow the US government to use Claude to surveil US users. The AI firm has since sued the White House over the clash. The Post suggested that the tracker incident is a sign that US firms like Anthropic are taking "increasingly aggressive measures" to block Chinese AI firms from copying their models. A more defensive stance has apparently become critical. In the past year, Chinese firms have "consistently matched" US firms' model capabilities "within months," the Post reported. Most recently, "a new, free AI model from Chinese company Zhipu AI was better at finding computer vulnerabilities than Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 model, which was released in May," the Post reported.
On X, Anthropic engineer Thariq Shihipar confirmed that the tracker was added to Claude Code as an "experiment" in March. According to Shihipar, the code "was meant to prevent account abuse from unauthorized resellers and protect against distillation." Regarding the former, The Washington Post found unauthorized retailers have sold access to free models for $1 a month, and pro subscriptions that can cost $100 monthly sell for "as little as $12." Supposedly, Anthropic has "actually been meaning to take this down for a while," Shihipar said of the hidden code, because engineers have "landed stronger mitigations since then."
Privacy advocates were not happy with the explanation, though, warning that the code is evidence that Anthropic is willing to cross lines to surveil users. That's perhaps especially surprising, considering that Anthropic riled the Trump administration by refusing to allow the US government to use Claude to surveil US users. The AI firm has since sued the White House over the clash. The Post suggested that the tracker incident is a sign that US firms like Anthropic are taking "increasingly aggressive measures" to block Chinese AI firms from copying their models. A more defensive stance has apparently become critical. In the past year, Chinese firms have "consistently matched" US firms' model capabilities "within months," the Post reported. Most recently, "a new, free AI model from Chinese company Zhipu AI was better at finding computer vulnerabilities than Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 model, which was released in May," the Post reported.
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Europees kampioen Spanje heeft de kwartfinales bereikt van het WK voetbal. De ploeg van bondscoach Luis de la Fuente won in de achtste finales met 1-0 van Portugal.
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ARLINGTON (ANP) - Europees kampioen Spanje heeft de kwartfinales bereikt van het WK voetbal. De ploeg van bondscoach Luis de la Fuente won in de achtste finales met 1-0 van Portugal. Invaller Mikel Merino maakte in het volgepakte Dallas Stadium in de eerste minuut van de blessuretijd de winnende treffer.
Spanje neemt het in de kwartfinale op tegen de winnaar van het duel tussen België en de Verenigde Staten, dat om 02.00 uur begint in de nacht van maandag op dinsdag.
Het was de 42e confrontatie tussen Spanje en Portugal, de buurlanden die tot de gastlanden behoren van het volgende WK in 2030. Spanje is de wereldkampioen van 2010, Portugal haalde nooit de finale op een WK. De derde plaats in 1966 blijft het beste resultaat.
Het was de 233e interland voor de Portugese vedette Cristiano Ronaldo. Het was zijn laatste WK-wedstrijd, na zes WK's.
Spanje kreeg vroeg in de wedstrijd een levensgrote kans op de 1-0, maar Mikel Oyarzabal schoot de bal in vrije scoringspositie naast. De Portugese doelman Diogo Costa behoedde kort daarna zijn ploeg voor een achterstand. Hij stopte eerst een inzet van Lamine Yamal en tikte daarna de bal na een uithaal van Álex Baena uit het doel.
Hoewel Spanje wat beter was en iets dreigender, kreeg Portugal ook kansen om te scoren. Ronaldo leverde een schot af dat stuitte op de handschoenen van de Spaanse doelman Unai Simón. De keeper moest ook ingrijpen bij een kopbal van João Félix en een soort van omhaal van Ronaldo. Een afstandsschot van Nuno Mendes ketste af op de lat.
Vroeg in de tweede helft raakte Mendes zodanig geblesseerd dat hij niet verder kon in de wedstrijd. Spanje profiteerde niet van het verdwijnen van de belangrijke Portugese linksback. Lamine Yamal kwam wel vaker door over de rechterflank, maar hij was slordig in het afgeven en afwerken.
In het laatste kwartier nam de druk van Spanje weer toe, maar de combinaties voorin leken geen doelpunt op te leveren. Tot de extra tijd. Die was nog maar net begonnen, of Ferran Torres vond Merino, die de bal hard in de touwen schoot. Bernardo Silva maakte vlak voor het eindsignaal nog bijna gelijk voor Portugal, maar zijn kopbal ging net over.
